Becoming a caregiver of a loved one stirs up many varied emotions.  It doesn’t matter if you become a caregiver gradually or suddenly, or if you are a caregiver by choice or default. Caregiving can be tough both emotionally and physically.
Facts about the impact of family caregiving
In a recent interview with LovetoKnow Seniors, Suzanne Geffen Mintz, president and co-founder of the National Family Caregivers Association, provided some facts about the impact of family caregiving which may surprise you:

There are over 50 million family caregivers in the United State…

Convincing someone that they have a problem hearing can be a daunting task
In many cases, a person who struggles to hear is less convinced than their friends or loved ones that action needs to occur. Typically people either don’t recognize that a problem exists or don’t realize how bad the problem has become.  The most common forms of hearing loss occur very gradually, allowing the individual with the hearing loss to develop strategies that in their mind compensate for the hearing loss.
Those compensatory measures often include:

Asking friends and family members…

Dementia is not a disease.  It is a term that describes symptoms which may be caused by brain disorders.  These symptoms can disrupt daily life…your ability to plan, reason, solve problems and focus on tasks, among other things.  When you have a parent struggling with dementia, it can take a toll.
Mom and Aminata
It’s 8:00 am; a hazy, chilly February morning. My phone rings through to mom’s home…two, five, six rings. Mom lives alone now since Dad passed 2 years ago.  I call her every morning – the daughter alarm clock — to wake her up, make sure she takes h…